A new build is now available! Usually, I update the game as soon as the latest build contains 10 noteworthy differences from the previous build (whether those differences are bug fixes, changes to previous content, or the addition of new content). This time around, I couldn’t really decide on the “right” time to upload the build, so I held onto it for longer than usual. I held onto it for so long that it now contains around 23 differences from the previous build. Wow!
I noticed that some fans were expressing concerns about the lack of a new build or progress update at the beginning of the month. I have a lot to say about that subject, and I’m going to elaborate further down in this blog post. I also have a lot to say regarding a recent misunderstanding and my policy towards e-mails. Additionally, there are a bunch of questions that I’d like to ask the Yandere Simulator fan community; you’ll find several polls at the bottom of this post.
As usual, this blog post will start off with the changelog for the latest build. To check it out, scroll down past this amazing illustration of Megami Saikou by an artist named “21“!
Click “Continue Reading” to read the list of everything that is new in this build, followed by an explanation for the “delay” of this build, followed by some words I’d like to say about my e-mail policy, followed by a bunch of polls for the community.
Fixes, Changes, and Additions
- Fixed a bug with the medium-sanity bat animation that would cause the character’s arms to be rotated incorrectly if the animation began while the victim was crouching in fear before they were attacked.
- Kokona no longer bathes in the same spot where Yandere-chan bathes in the locker room. (This could result in a bug where the two girls were bathing in the same spot at the same time.)
- There is now an animation and sound effects for tranquilizing a girl with a syringe. This animation will only play when tranquilizing a student in the storage room.
- Fixed bug that would cause Yandere-chan to fail to properly change into the correct set of clothing when stepping into a changing booth to remove a club uniform.
- Improved the Gardening Club Leader’s hair and face textures, and gave her gardening gloves. (These gloves might be used by Yandere-chan in the future…)
- Fixed bug that would cause Yandere-chan’s corpse-carrying animation to break when using the “Change Persona” command while carrying a corpse.
- Fixed bug that would cause kidnapped victims in Yandere-chan’s basement to have different-sized breasts when their torture animation began.
- Fixed bug that would cause Yandere-chan to leave shoeprints instead of footprints when barefoot while wearing the Martial Arts uniform.
- Added three more idle animations to the mirror in the Light Music Club. (Still not ready to elaborate about the purpose of the mirror!)
- Updated the school’s fountains with new 3D models and textures that more accurately reflect the look-and-feel of the school.
- There is now an animation for lifting up a girl’s body and dumping it into the musical instrument case in the storage room.
- Fixed bug that would allow the player to use the “Distract” command to send multiple students to distract another student.
- Fixed bug that would cause Yandere-chan to not properly return to her intended idle animation after dropping a corpse.
- Fixed bug that would cause a student to remain in “Distract/Distracted” protocol even after being splashed with water.
- Replaced the old scissor model with a new scissor model with a much more reasonable polygon count.
- Fixed bug that was causing bloody shoeprints to not spawn when using the new walk animation.
- Replaced some copyrighted easter egg music with original music composed for Yandere Sim.
- Adjusted Pippi’s hair model to hide polygon “backfaces”.
- Fixed bugs with some of Yandere-chan’s hairstyles.
- Replaced previous corpse-dragging animations.
- Added a new hairstyle for Yandere-chan.
- Replaced sewing machine sound effect.
- Added physics to Midori’s hair.
Why wasn’t this update out sooner?
If you’ve been following Yandere Simulator’s development for a long time, then you’re probably aware that I usually release a video and a new build of the game on the 1st and 15th day of every month. Sometimes the video/build are delayed for a day or two, but there’s generally an update somewhere around the beginning and somewhere around the middle of every month.
I think it’s important to keep people updated on the progress of the game’s development. Because April 1st is a holiday, I uploaded April Fools videos on April 1st – but I didn’t intend for those prank videos to be substitutes for actual development videos. I still intended to upload a serious video about the game’s development, too.
My plan was to upload a development-related video immediately after April 1st. However, I wasn’t able to pull it off on April 2nd; there were a bunch of things that felt more urgent than the video; volunteers who needed to speak to me, bugs that needed to be fixed, Osana-related assets that were begging to be implemented, etc. The same thing happened on April 3rd. April 4th was my monthly day off. And then, I spent April 5th catching up with all of the correspondence that piled up on the 4th…
Once I passed April 5th, there was no longer a sense of “urgency”; there was no longer a sense of “I gotta make a video!!!” or “I gotta upload a new build!!!” there was only a sense of “Wow, there sure is a lot of work that needs to be done. I’d better take care of it.” It no longer felt important to put out a new video or a new build by some imaginary, arbitrary, self-imposed “deadline”. The only thing that felt important was making significant progress on the game.
I kept asking myself:
- What’s more important – uploading a new build, or making more progress?
- What’s more important – writing blog posts, or making more progress?
- What’s more important – making a video, or making more progress?
Every time, I wanted to give the same answer: I should keep making progress. I should fix that bug. I should contact that volunteer. I should make plans with tinyBuild. Everything else felt so low priority. So…optional.
Making blog posts, making videos, uploading builds…it all feels like a bonus. Like something I should only do if I have the time. Game development is my top priority. Keeping people updated on my progress is a high priority, too, but it’s not the highest. I don’t want to drop what I’m doing and make a video or upload a build because I’ve reached some date on the calendar that represents an imaginary, arbitrary, self-imposed “deadline” that only exists because of tradition.
Some people got seriously angry at me for not releasing a new build at the beginning of this month. Is it really that big of a deal? I understand that it’s important to keep the fans updated – but are you really going to freak out just because you didn’t hear from me for a week? Is that seriously that big of a problem? Is it really worth getting mad about? I honestly don’t think it’s something worth freaking out about. I feel like there was quite an over-reaction from some members of the fanbase.
I don’t feel like my job is to release builds/videos every two weeks. I feel like my job is to make Yandere Simulator, and I feel like I am doing my job. From 1:00 PM until 12:00 midnight, I’m either fixing bugs, or giving instructions to volunteers, or reviewing volunteer submissions, or implementing new assets, or taking time to plan/design things that require forethought to be implemented properly, or having discussions with tinyBuild, or answering media inquiries, or writing dialogue for cut-scenes and events, or taking care of business-related stuff, or gathering reference materials for volunteers. I try as hard as I can to find time to implement new features, and I try as hard as I can to make progress with Osana, but it’s difficult, because there are dozens of other things I also need to take care of.
The only promise I’m going to make to you is that I’m going to pour my heart and soul into making the best video game I can make, with the time and resources that are available to me. I’m not going to promise you anything on any specific calendar date. If you get a build on the 1st or 15th day of a month, that is a bonus.
I was able to maintain a twice-a-month update schedule for three years. Why? To be completely honest, it’s because I was working an inhuman number of hours every week, because I didn’t have so many “project manager” tasks at that point in time, and because the majority of work I had to do was “low-hanging fruit” that I could easily take care of in under two weeks.
I cut down my hours because the fanbase urged me to take better care of myself. I have a lot more responsibilities now than I had before. I’ve already implemented all of the low-hanging fruit. At this stage of the game’s development, it’s becoming less and less possible to stick to the old “1st and 15th of every month” schedule; you’ve seen how many times I’ve delayed an update for 24 or 48 hours.
- I’ve already explained how few hours in the day I have to make actual programming progress.
- I’ve already explained that I have many more responsibilities than just “write code” and “make videos”.
- I’ve already explained that everything that gets created for the game must pass through a bottleneck the size of one man.
It may be time to consider slowly retiring the the twice-a-month update schedule, and adopting a new “whenever it’s ready” update schedule. The twice-a-month schedule is something that I’ve been clinging to because of tradition, not because it is reasonable or sustainable. I’m going to try to keep it going if possible, but please acknowledge the difficulty in maintaining this kind of schedule, and please understand the possibility that it simply cannot continue.
E-mail Policy
There is something that I feel is worth mentioning. A few days ago, we passed the one-year anniversary of my most infamous video. I consider that video to be a huge mistake. You can’t make the Internet stop doing something by telling them that it annoys you, and asking them to stop. It simply doesn’t work. It was a complete waste of time to produce that video.
That video sent the message “I don’t want people to communicate with me.” This is not correct. The message I wanted to communicate was, “I want 12-year-old kids to stop spamming me with dumb e-mails.”
I do want people to communicate with me, if there is something important that should be addressed. Let me give you an example.
My most favorite video game of all time is Persona 3. The Persona series inspired many of Yandere Simulator’s features. On April 4th, Persona 5 was released (in English). There is perhaps no other video game that could possibly be more relevant to Yandere Simulator’s development; allow me to explain.
- Persona 5 has several features that I was planning for Yandere Simulator. I can study Persona 5 to understand the smartest way to implement these features.
- Persona 5 takes place in a Japanese high school. I can study Persona 5 to gain knowledge of how to accurately depict Japanese high school life in a video game.
- Persona 5 has many environments that I want to have in Yandere Simulator. I can take screenshots and record video footage of Persona 5 to provide volunteers with visual reference of the kind of 3D models that I need.
I’ve said this numerous times already, but I take a day off once per month. I decided to take a day off on April 4th to play Persona 5, not only because it is the latest game in my most favorite franchise of all time, but because I knew it would be full of useful information for Yandere Simulator. I played the game, actively hunting for anything that could assist me with Yandere Sim, and snapping screenshots of anything even remotely meaningful towards development. I live-streamed the entire experience, too. In the end, I played Persona 5 for 13 hours straight!
Polls
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…wow, this build is awesome; no wonder it was delayed!
It’s just bug fixes, not a new Elimination method or anything like that!
It’s bug fixes and a few new animations–not that impressive. However, I don’t give two shits about a late update. His tone in this post was horrible.
How dare he be so condesending! If you’re going to be late fucking alert your fanbase. If you’re going to switch to a new upload schedule, alert your fucking fanbase. No one was actually angry about the lack of new content, it was the lack of information on here, the official blog of Yandere Simulator.
Yes, we are entitled to a heads up if something changes. How dare he ask that.
And most of his “explaination” was copy and pasted directly from his Reddit post about this subject.
Hey, Yandev–YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR FUCKING SCHEDULE, JUST GIVE US NOTICE SO WE DON’T GET ANGRY WHEN THERE’S NOTHING NEW.
YES A VIDEO CAN BE LATE, BUT GIVE US NOTICE THAT WE’LL NEED TO WAIT LONGER THAN A FEW EXTRA HOURS.
YES MAKE A FUCKING ANNOUNCE TO ALERT YOUR FANBASE.
My god all I’m asking for is a little warning. All your fans are asking for is notice. How dare you address us this way. How dare you tell us we don’t have a right to be informed.
How dare you! Show more resepct for the people keeping your game in the public.
He abandonned the fact that it will be a build every 1st and 15th of the month, so I think he will never be late anymore…
That’s perfectly fine, but that’s not the issue here. The lack of readily availible information, then letting the fandom’s anger, confusion, and worry fester until everyone’s yelling, and then getting annoyed with us when we demand answers is bull.
I have stated multiple times that the wait is not the problem. The problem is the blantant disregard for his fans.
A small warning when you swap out this outdated upload system for the new one is perfectly reasonable and we have every right to expect that.
My anger stems solely from the lack of information and his condesending tone in this post.
And I kind of agree with you (even if your message was violent 😮 ), people were worried because he wasn’t giving sign of life so he would be cool if he had aware us …
Thank you for agreeing with me. However, my answer was not violent. I yelled to make a point. I cursed to make a point.
While in this fandom, I’ve always been calm and understanding. I’ve made excuses and dismissed my own worries over something, in favour of being calm and understanding.
However I will not be spoken down to by a man who shows such little regard for us.
So yes, I yelled at him. That doesn’t make me violent.
And what about all those developers who don’t even give signs of life? We’re lucky of having such committed developer. Stop being so entitled; game making is a hard and draining job after all.
(Yup, my 1st language isn’t English)
Your English is fine, hon.
I’m not being entitled, I’m asking for respect on behave of my fellow fandom members.
Yanderedev was the one who decided to give us frequent updates. He was the one who decided to have a blog exclusively for status reports.
I don’t mind not having a video–I’m a cinema major at university, I completely understand how time consuming making a video is.
I mind not being given any warning about something. Especially when this is the place the fanbase goes for just that. He doesn’t need to upload something every two weeks, I don’t about that, but he does need to better communicate with his fans so all this shouting doesn’t happen again.
We do have a right to demand information. A little post about what’s going on, about the start of a new update system, could have prevented all of this.
That’s why I’m angry.
don’t forget, he owes you NOTHING. No need for you to be so condescending and rude to this amazing man who is pouring his heart and soul into this stunning game just because he didn’t tell you he would be late uploading a new build.
Would you rather he use more time making posts than making progress on the game?
HOW DARE YOU! So selfish.
I love his updates, mainly because he doesn’t have to make them, but he still does. Yes I eagerly await his next post or update, but remember, the game is what is most important here. And we should be grateful for any update he gives us, especially now that there is a company involved and he doesn’t need us. But he still continues to keep us in the loop, even if it isn’t within the timeframe he set once ago and how now explained why it can no longer continue.
And who cares if his message is a copy an paste? Are you so entitled that you need your own special message? He could decide at the drop of a hat that keeping up with this blog is a waste of his time, and technically it is, and never post again without warning. It’s his call.
And most importantly
He
Owes
You
NOTHING
He does actually owe us something. It’s called respect. Which he did not show an ounce of, especially in this post.
We don’t need new builds or videos every two weeks, just basic quick status reports. Which he refused to give us, until the fandom made so much noise it drove all of us crazy.
His Patreons in particular are entitled to these status reports. If he wants to change his system of operation that’s perfectly fine, but you better give a heads up to your fans.
I am not going to be spoken down to when I ask for information. I am not going to cave or feel bad when he gives us the same explaination he used on Reddit.
There is a big difference between “Taking your time and not alerting anyone you’ll miss a deadline” and “Shit, I’m going to be later than usual. Let me tell my fans, so they know what to expect.”
I don’t want an apology if an update is late. He doesn’t actually need to be sorry. I want enough consideration that it warrents a quick status report that takes less than five minutes to make.
I fucking agree with you. 100%. At least one Person who isn’t treating this “update” like a new Elimination method or anything like that.
Thank you! New animations are cool, but leaving fans in limbo was wrong.
Sosha20, you da real MVP.
I’m honestly tired of people carelessly arguing the same things all over and over again, when those said arguments can be easily retorted back. Like this new thing: “Devpai owed you NOTHING”.
Besides respect, we also supported him with money, everytime he uploads a video. Don’t get it? One word.
MONETIZE.
He montetizes his videos, each view earns him a bit of money. Multiply that to a several thousand and it’ll be almost the same as his monthly Patreon earnings.
EXACTLY!! Now, I understand the cost of living, but 10k is a month is more than enough to sustain yourself and pay your volenteers at least a little bit.
Oh look, someone who actually thinks for themself, good job man.
Imagine working profusely, non-stop (except restroom breaks, naps, and food only) everyday for a month but for one day of each month you can do whatever the fuck you want.
It’s make you feel agitated and forgetful and tired and honestly you need to take a look at YanDev’s lifestyle and I’m not staying to put him first, but understand his situation and you’ll understand why the video/updates will be a tad late. If half the fanbase of Yan SIm is going to be spoiled brats, then he’ll have to be the adult and -of course- be annoyed that he have to do this.
He made a couple of videos/blog posts talking about his problems and his stress and his personal free time space. But if he’s a day or two late with the announcements, you go all bitch crazy. He’s being condescending? Do you actually think he could be like that? And it seems to me the only people pissed off is quite honestly you. But by the by, it’s sad that a teen has to tell another teen to stop to acting like a child.
I really can’t wait for your counter-argument
(p.s. love you Yan Dev@! I hope this games finishes so you can take the relaxation you deserve!)
I already do that, it’s called university. And yet I still know when to alert my production teams when I’m going to be late on something.
He’s working for only 10 hours a day, everyday. He has more than 10 hours to do personal stuff and rest. Also, he streams for an average of 4 hours a day.
How is that “working profusely” and “non-stop” when all of the things he is doing in his own home? No transportation needed, everything he needs to do within that 10-hour work shift are a few clicks away from his computer.
Yes! An average person works 8hrs a day. I know people who work sixteen. Ten hours a day, with eating breaks, is not anything. That’s slight above average.
Ok… that was a bit harsh don’t you think?
Perhaps, but I don’t coddle people who disrespect concerned and worrying fans. I’m not angry on my behave, I’m angry for everyone else.
Chivi-chivik They don’t give signs of life, because they actually work on the game.
Chivi-chivik They don’t give signs of life, because they actually work on the game.
CHILL THE FUCK OUT! LIKE JEEZ WE KNOW HE NEEDS TO ALERT US IF A BUILD WILL BE LATE BUT DONT DO LIKE A LITTLE BITCH!
Do not come at me with such a disgusting name. If you want to engage in discussion and conversation, learn to conduct yourself in a better manner.
Do you think moving his ‘updates’ to once a month would fix some of the problems? and give us a little status update if he doesnt have much time?
i agree that he did not adress this so well, and seemed..rude, even.
but he also can’t be perfect, and it’s noticable that he stresses, even if he is getting better help, and therefore things will probaly get better, dont you think we should be a little gentle on him as well? unless he keeps going, i mean.
I still think you are mostly right, though.
I strongly believe that new build updates should become a monthly thing rather than bi-monthly. It keeps the hype up–which was the original purpose of this blog–and Yandev wouldn’t have to rush to make a video. That being said, I also believe that maintaining a bi-monthly status report on progress would benefit the game as well.
New videos and builds once a month.
Status reports twice a month.
A quick, “Hey guys check this out! [insert cool image of a feature]. Isn’t that neat? Can’t wait to give you more info when the next build comes out.” really isn’t asking much.
I also think, I might have made people confused with my language.
I don’t think folks are understanding me when I say Status Report. Status Report does not equal New Build. Just a two sentence confirmation that the game is progressing. Screenshots of some of the things accomplished over two weeks is perfectly sufficent.
Tbh, I respect YanDev. But leaving the fandom waiting for a long time isn’t a right thing. That’s an awful move.
Atleast post a fucking status or sth. Hell, it could just be like “I’m sorry shit’s got in the way” so that we could understand. Better than leaving waiting their asses off without knowing anything.
Love the sarcasam
Keep up the good work!
Maybe a brief announcement blog post or a tweet or something… Nothing too big… Certainly not a video…
Anyways good job on the build~
Yes ! I agree, just a little message so we don’t get worried
Exactly, thats a good idea.
Chill fans got ya back ✊🏻😌
Man, that’s so ignorant, I can’t believe they said that
I have been annoyed for so long because of these people who say your lazy when you’re dedicating your fucking LIFE to this game, the time you put into it makes me shiver, your an inspiration and dude, if you didn’t release a build til next year just so that when you released it would be updated with tons of new features, I’d be so game for it, tbh, I really love new assets and if you were to take a long time just to do progress them release it as a big update, it’d be super exciting and stuff! but then again ppl on you tube ( like that dude ) need recent updates and such, hm… well in all, you don’t deserve this disrespect, it’s so distasteful that anyone would say such things, they must know nothing if they’re saying stuff like that…
He used to give a heads up when it was late and be respectful during in his posts, the tone of this post makes him sound like we the fans don’t matter and with the heads up it’s not hard to tell us that he can’t post a certain day so we aren’t Impatient
Exactly my point, thank you!
Halle-fucking-lujah!
The release-twice-a-month thing has already been discussed at least two other times over the course of the years.
I can’t really recall of a time I haven’t thought that if it hampers game developement (and we’ve seen the diagrams and graphics and schedule representations and everything, and it does), it has to go.
I really hope this is the time this gets done for real.
Yay 7th!
Oh, I’m actually early…hurray! XD
Seriously though, you are indeed not obligated to give away free stuff just to appease us. After all, you are already being generous for dedicating your time to upload new builds monthly. Usually, the developer would contact specific people to test out builds of the game, but in Yandere Simulator, we get free public builds. So, we are in no position to complain that a new build is not being given to us every 1st and 15th of the month. I have to say, being kept in the dark is pretty annoying though. A little blog post filled with texts would do, but feel free to disregard what this sentence said.
Its pretty annoying to see people calling someone “Lazy” for doing what a normal person is doing. Even other game developers play video games. Heck, they most definitely chose Game Development because they enjoy video games themselves. In short, its perfectly normal for YandereDev to take a day off a MONTH just to play a game. Anyone would break if they do the same thing every single day. Everyone needs a break. After all, other developers gets twice a week to relax and has ONE job. YandereDev gets one day off a month and multitasks all other duties (Even if he’s always at home, working is working. The place doesn’t matter). I just hope people can empathize with other people and stop comparing YandereDev to other well-known developers just because they managed to make good games quickly. Remember, those developers has a HUGE team and a high budget. Every developer has a different development style.
It’s bug fixes and a few new animations–not that impressive. However, I don’t give two shits about a late update. His tone in this post was horrible.
How dare he be so condesending! If you’re going to be late fucking alert your fanbase. If you’re going to switch to a new upload schedule, alert your fucking fanbase. No one was actually angry about the lack of new content, it was the lack of information on here, the official blog of Yandere Simulator.
Yes, we are entitled to a heads up if something changes. How dare he ask that.
And most of his “explaination” was copy and pasted directly from his Reddit post about this subject.
Hey, Yandev–YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR FUCKING SCHEDULE, JUST GIVE US NOTICE SO WE DON’T GET ANGRY WHEN THERE’S NOTHING NEW.
YES A VIDEO CAN BE LATE, BUT GIVE US NOTICE THAT WE’LL NEED TO WAIT LONGER THAN A FEW EXTRA HOURS.
YES MAKE A FUCKING ANNOUNCE TO ALERT YOUR FANBASE.
My god all I’m asking for is a little warning. All your fans are asking for is notice. How dare you address us this way. How dare you tell us we don’t have a right to be informed.
How dare you! Show more resepct for the people keeping your game in the public, and he has a company now too >.<
Good job copying and pasting that comment. Bravo.
Keep up the good work devpai:)
It’s not much new content, it’s just many bug fixes and insignificant changes, but at least a new build
Agree. I’m really confused as to why YandereDev labels this as a “bigger-than-average” build.
Yeah. I hope he reads the comments.
It’s “bigger than average” because be posted like 20+ bug fixes rather than the usual 10…also he had a lot to say.
He had to, because he wanted to make fans stop complaining about lack of progress. Too bad for him, because it haven’t worked.
Time to block the troll, lol!
You just stated in your comment that nobody should assume that a person is doing wrong, yet now you already assumed her as a troll.
To add to my statement, this person is just confused as to why people call this a big deal, when it’s just nothing more than adjustments and bug fixes.
^^ English isn’t your first language, I’m guessing, or you’re just not that good at reading. Because those words are not in my post below. Nice try, though, hun.
Nobody has the right to be mad, especially when YandereDev is working ungodly hours to develop a game we all want to be successful (<and our expectations are important to him we've all heard him say it and that probably adds more weight on his shoulders). We don't need periodic updates every month, that's something YanDev did for us out of the kindness of his heart, so, to those of us who are upset (wrongfully so), please don't act so childish, you bring a bad name to those of us who are happy with any kind of update we get. It makes US more hyped for the game. YanDev, get rid of the twice-a-month deadlines, they aren't needed and they crunch on time you need for whatever you need to do and I, personally, don't really see the benefit of a twice-a-month deadline. Don't put yourself under unnecessary stress when it's not needed.
Peace.
Uhm… all the People here are acting like it’s like a new Elimination method or something, because they feel sorry for him (the lazy stuff)! It’s barely nothing!
I’m sorry but I LOVE bug fixes because bugs are annoying
If you’re going to complain about the contents of the build even though it IS bigger than other builds in the sense of fixed and new content, then I’d like to ask you, _why?_ Does it matter that it’s “nothing” but new animations and bugfixes?
Simple. The fact that he neglected to give at least an update on his regular bi-weekly schedule a.k.a took longer than usual and not notifying people about it.
LOVE THE NEW BUILD YANDERE DEV!!!
Can’t wait to update it! CAN’T WAIT!
And what about the Video?
It’s probably coming out at April 15th….or at least that’s what I’ve heard on the YanSim subreddit.
Well, if the internet’s taught me anything it’s that you’ll get a variety of responses from people. That includes dipshit ones.
I had a feeling it would come to this someday, and that’s ok. The game is becoming more and more massive that there is only so much you can do for an update twice a month. Personally I think the builds are getting too much focus anyway. They were originally made to “DEBUG” not really for playing right? Main point, I think Yanderedev, should just not worry about uploading builds so much anymore. That’s fine with me.
What is wrong with those people? They’re probably a vocal minority, but still. Do they not realize that their actions have consequences?
Of course the goal is to make the game, but staying in touch with your audience is important for its success. I would hope that even when you move away from the open alpha model, you would continue to communicate changes and improvements to the community at large, and poll them for feedback to keep them connected to the game.
There doesn’t have to be a new build every two weeks either, it might be better as the complexity of features to implement increases, to purposefully change it to once a month, maybe doing a progress update, teaser, or similar post at the midpoint – as long as you manage the communities expectations.
Absolutely. Fully agreed.
The language you use in your polls is both confusing and dividing.
Yes a video can be late. Yes, you don’t even need to make a video. However you still need to alert your fandom when you’re deveating from the original plan.
We all know that you’ve wanted to change the 1st and 15th schedule, and none of us blame you for that, we all understand. However, you still need to tell us when you swap out that system for a new one, so we know what to expect.
If you just do whatever and not give us warning, this is what happens. We’re not being “childish” about it. We asking for a little notice so we don’t get confused or angry.
We ARE entitled to that.
We are entitled to information.
So yes, you need to alert us.
the polls are confusing 9_9
Tell me about it. I can’t tell if he’s just communicating with his fans or begging them to take as much time off as he wants.
I’d like the game to be finished within 2019 and 2021, or so what he previously predicted. But now…..it’s going to take longer than expected.
We are probably going to wait until the apocalypse tho…
That Yandere Dev even has to post a blog like this just amazes and infuriates me.
You want to know something? I didn’t even notice that there wasn’t a new build earlier this month. Why? Because I’ve been busy. During March and April, I am hardly ever home because of the volunteer work I do with my district’s high school spring musical. And even if it wasn’t show season, it still wouldn’t matter, since I would fine a hundred other things to do that are probably more important – paying the bills, doing my job so I can earn money to pay those bills, grocery shopping, taking care of my family.
The fact that Yandere Dev even takes the time out of his day to communicate with us fans is incredible. Most game developers don’t bother. This alone should prove to people how dedicated he is to this project and to us. Who the hell are we to question his integrity? As long as progress is being made on the game – even if it’s unseen progress – then that should be good enough for us. To expect anything else is foolish and, to be frank, childish.
People seem to be forgetting that Yandere Dev is a human being with feelings and emotions, just like any fellow human. If anything, he is working too many hours. The only reason why I am not complaining too much about how much he is working is because he seems pretty adamant about working this many hours. It is so incredibly selfish and horrible that people would even think about having a go at him for taking one measly day off once a month to enjoy himself. He is a human being! I would never be able to put up with working as many hours as he does, so please people! Appreciate what he is doing for all of you!
This kind of crap just pisses me off so much.
As for the progress updates, feel free to upload an update whenever you feel is best. I’m sure game development is a very difficult and unpredictable industry. Its only natural that development would slow down as the game becomes bigger and bigger.
Its nice to know though from looking at the polls that so many people share my opinions.
YandereDev is forgetting that making game is his job. A lot of people work as much as him, make noticeable progress and don’t earn as much as him (not to mention having motivation in form of loyal fanbase and help of voluunters). Adults can’t take free time whenever they want. His bugfixes shouldn’t take as much time as Yandere Dev describes and new animation are made by voluunters – that means Dev CAN’T be honest about his working schedule.
And here I see someone who knows exactly nothing about coding.
I know enough to know that his code is badly written, full of if else statements and hardly managable. Any coder worth their salt wouldn’t need so much time to fix bugs like these, because he wouldn’t create most of them in the first place.
Bug fixes are important ! That’s good because it’s annoying when they happen
But it’s neither more Content nor a larger-than-usual update
Okay, this got really out of hand.
“Some people have gotten seriously angry at me for not releasing a new build at the beginning of this month. My question is – why? Do you think you are entitled to a build on the first day of every month? Do you think I owe you a build on the first day of every month? Do you think that my job is to give you a build on the first day of every month?”
You considered working on YS is a full-time job, not a side job. People have given nothing but continuous support and praises for your game. Uploading a new build every 2 weeks is the least you can do for them!
Sheesh, now I’m beginning to regret supporting you on Patreon.
You really don’t know how hard it is to make a game, right?
We all understand that making a video game is difficult. We all get he’s doing multiple jobs at once and that transitioning from that to a company may take a little getting used to. We understand that re-coding an entire game takes a lot of time.
However, his tone in this post was completely out of line. He doesn’t get to talk down to us. He did say Yan Sim was his full-time job, so the very bare minimum he can do is keep his fans properly informed.
We are allowed to question why he put the delay information on a sub-Reddit post, rather than his official blog. That is shady, and I’m allowed to call it out. Anyone finacially supporting him is entitled to call out shady behavior.
Again, it’s the lack of information that’s the problem–not a delay in new builds.
Hi, I’m forkyforkyfork, just to let you know. My comment won’t appear no matter how many times I’ve submitted it, so I figured he already blocked me out of this blog. He’s really testing my temper.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m forcing him to work on the game full-time.
The statements here YandereDev made have deemed suspicious and ridiculous to me, so I decided to make my point.
I am a monthly Patreon supporter of this game, but I tend to keep being open-minded about things. With that being said, I know how WordPress works, you can block and prevent a user from commenting on your blog. I know about Kïwï Färms and PÜLL, and I sometimes browse the threads. I know that the game has its own dedicated subreddit, and I tend to browse there more often than here because of YandereDev being more active in that part of a community.
In other words, I am aware that YandereDev did some pretty horrible things in the past.
But then, I also tend to be optimistic about things. I always think to myself that he’s trying to be better as time goes by. But sadly, his recent choice of actions made my optimistic side down for a while.
Are you sure that he works on the game all the time? That he keeps up to his daily 10-hour schedule? The thing is, nobody knows.
The point is, as a Patreon supporter of YandereDev, I feel like this is a bit offensive to other people who are supporting him, unaware of his recent actions.
I feel like a poll wasn’t really necessary for things like these, because people would understand anyway that the development’s taking to the next level.
I feel like he should make people aware that he’s taking a day off whenever he’s about to, maybe via the subreddit or by other means.
Keep that in mind the next time you dared to accuse someone of being impatient. Not everyone who disagrees with some of his decisions are impatient heated fans.
The game has gone so far that putting awesome and new content within 2 weeks is kind of…. Difficult so I think it’s a good thing to not do that anymore
I completely agree. Keeping the fanbase updated and at least showing us what progress have been made is very important since it ensures us that that our support, both economical and social, is being useful. Yandev may be working hard – but unless there are regular updates proving that and rewarding the supporters people will lose faith.
Same bro. Could have spent the 150 Dollars on other things…
I don’t know what to answer on the 2nd poll, english isn’t my first language but the sentences after “yes” and “no” don’t seem logic to me.
The second poll simply means whether you think YandereDev have to upload videos twice a month or not. Yes, he should upload videos, or no, he doesn’t have to upload videos. Because YandereDev thinks that making the game is most important, so sometimes he doesn’t want to waste time to upload videos.
Did I confuse you again? Sorry! 😛
These polls annoy the hell outta me. Not only do they split the fandom, but they give such little information in way of opinions that they don’t actually tell him anything.
If he has time to rant in a long ass post, then he has time to make more efficient polling options. Such as:
Should I upload a video twice a month?
a. No, once a month is fine.
b. Yes, it’s important to see and hear what’s being done.
c. No, but I do think a blog post twice a month would be good.
Or at least something along these lines.
Is it just me or is the newest build (2017 April 9th) really buggy and glitchy? I tried to talk to the Kokona group, but I cannot select any options and I automatically teleported to the corner of the courtyard … and found a new cassette tape!
After watching that tape in the Computer Lab, I tried to laugh, but instead Yan-chan tilted forward to the wall and giggled and giggled and giggled with her forehead touching the wall. I couldn’t do anything, not even going back to the Main Menu, so I restarted the day.
Sigh … guess it’s just my laptop’s problem.
I highly doubt it’s your comouter.
Do you have the same problem?
No, everytime Yandev puts out a build it’s riddled with bugs and that’s just because his code is bad. Once tinyBuild takes over coding, we won’t get a million bugs per new build
*computer
My god, that mental image you gave me there…..😂
I know right?! Lol
Do you have the same problem as me? I’m just wondering if it’s my fault … I don’t think Yandere Simulator can function properly on my device …
Highly doubt it’s your computer though. Try re-downloading the game and trying it out again.
Something similar happened to me, as well. Wasn’t sure if it was the game or because I’m running the Mac version. Either way, better report it. It’s the reason why we have these test builds.
You’re doing a stunning job YandereDev! I wouldn’t be able to keep up with that kind of work schedule. You might be one man, but you don’t have to work yourself into the ground. A rested Dev is a happy Dev 🙂
I’m just happy to get to play this amazing game and watch it develop. It’s a blessing that you keep us in the loop, and I thank you for it. No timeframes here.
And you are not lazy. Not by a long shot. Ignore the nay-sayers or entitled wingers. The game and your health and wellbeing is what is most important here.
I don’t know why YanDev is so fixated on 2 uploads a month. I think most reasonable human beings would be satisfied getting a new build on the 1st OR 15th of every month. He should’ve adjusted this a long time ago. Now his self-imposed obligations are causing unneeded drama.
I very much agree. 2 uploads per month is a little bit too much, but “adopting a new “whenever it’s ready” update schedule” will put the fanbase off. We don’t know how the development is going, so we would have no way to know when the next update would be out. However, we can keep track of time, and check back every once(twice) in a month to get the next update. Having a regular, time-based schedule, rather than a “whenever it’s ready” schedule would give the fanbase stability and keep the hype.
True, haha!
Very good point.
Dear, people who called Yandere Dev lazy.
BAKA!
– With regards, Sean.
This. This so much.
What an impressive changelog! I personally don’t mind to wait until HE decides when is the right time to publish a new build. After all, we are “testing” every new feature and we don’t have the right to demand more material. I’m still eager to have Osana (or any serious rival) implemented in the game, but patience is important is this kind of situation.
About the “don’t send me stupid e-mail”… well, Yandere Dev has acted impulsively and irresponsibly a few times, so I guess that’s what happens when you send that kind of message. The world is ready to jump at your throat if you stumble.
You shouldn’t do too much ..
Don’t worry YandereDev! Peoples who calling developpers “lazy” don’t know what your doing for real, they surely think that you just have to press 2 buttons then *paf* a build is done, with the blog and a vdeio.
Don’t overwork or get easily in bad mood, cause of bad peoples. I support the fact that you can do what you want because, well, yeah you work, but don’t forget your life! You should at least get more free day in a month, nobody should work a complete month and have only 1 resting day, that can cause you to get bored of making the game.
But don’t tell people that you have nothing to owe them… Well not everybody, but some of your fan give you money for making the game, so, that’s normal that they are in a hurry when they know that a new build is coming.
If you want a hint.
Make only a Build per month (like only the 1st or 15th or other) and if you see that you can afford to upload it, tell us then release it for the next month.
Well, we’re counting on you ! 😀
I never understood why people got angry at him.
“He’s not alerting us!”. He doesn’t need to. Why? He’s working on a game. Giving even a small alert doesn’t matter because it still takes up the time he could be working on the game.
Yandere dev is human too. Even if it seems like he’s an emotionless ticking time bomb ready to explode in anger, he’s still human. Yes. He does need to rely just a bit on the fanbase, but not too much. No. Just because we help him that doesn’t mean he owns us anything, not even respect because HE’S the one working on the game. The only time he owes respect is when you VOLUNTEER. We shouldn’t care if his builds are late, even by the slightest minute. We shouldn’t care if he gets angry at us because some are wasting his time, you would be angry too if you worked your ass off and the only thing you get back is hate and the irrelevant.
Yandere dev is doing whatever he can, not what YOU want him to do. He doesn’t owe YOU respect. He doesn’t need to follow his schedule of the 1st and 15th of every month because YOU want a build right then and there. He doesn’t need to waste his time alerting the fanbase of change in anything because YOU think he’s being “life-less” about stuff. All of this work because YOU want him to make YOU happy. His game doesn’t revolve around YOU. None of us should be controlling him like he’s OUR puppet. None of us should discipline him with hate and anger because he makes one mistake.
I’m already losing faith in the fanbase because of these idiotic Ayando shippers and the way they act towards those who don’t like it. I don’t want to lose anymore faith because of people getting butthurt when he makes a mistake. That’s like getting mad at Scott Cawthon because he corrected everyone on their FNAF theories. EVEN HE’S JUST ONE MAN WORKING ON A GAME.
In conclusion, if you can’t handle his absence on releasing a build or video, then you won’t handle the fact that he provides clear reasoning on why he’s late. Yandere dev is one man working on one game with more than a million of people supporting him. Don’t get heated because he makes a mistake. You aren’t his manager or mother. You’re his fan. That’s the only thing he needs to know.
He relies a LOT on the fanbase. Without us he wouldn’t be here where he is today. The fanbase is his source of income.
When it comes to income for the game, that’s when he should rely on us. I meant to say it as, “Don’t rely too much on the fanbase when it comes to ideas and adding new things unexpectedly”. I’m saying that because of the time he wanted to add a combat system but the fanbase said no.
Thanks for clarifying, I admit that I wasn’t in to good a mood at the time of writing that comment (reading comment sections was leaving me devoid of hope for humanity) and should probably have waited to cool down.
Such a mixed bag of responces! My only concern regarding the delay was that something had gone wrong, either with the game, Devpai’s personal life or health… Whatever the reason, there are things in life that need adressing, and are far more important than a scheduled update. Those of you saying “he should have told us it was going to be late”, well maybe so, but if something had happened, if he had been in hospital or something, is an alert such a big deal? If you want your game, it will come, but he needs to do it in his own time and in a way that works: clearly periodic updates are not working atm. He’s human, let him breath, one day a month IS NOTHING, so what he’s late, so what he’s not updating, let the man have a life, the game is coming. The game wont exist if we run the man to the ground
How is this update “Larger than average build”? It has only minor bugfixes and some animations (which are made by voluunters, not Yandere Dev by the way). Also treating Persona 5 as a research material is just laughable.
Especially when he made a post on here in 2015 about interviewing a Japanese high school teacher about life in a Japanese high school. Persona 5 isn’t research material. If you wanna do research do another interview or Google shit.
Instead of lying either admit that you’ve got nothing to do or implement simple things that will be built on later–such as guidance counselor interactions. How hard is it to put a black screen and some dialogue options into your game?
Yan-chan gets caught with a knife by a teacher–goes to black screen and we see text that tells us what’s happening:
Ayano is sent to the guidance counselor.
GC: Trying to stab a teacher? Explain yourself!
Ayano Option A: It was a joke/prop from the drama club!
GC: A joke? I find that unlikely/we don’t allow real knives as props! (or “You’re not even in the drama club!”) Clearly you’re lying.
Ayano Option B: No, no I’d never! I found it on the ground and was trying to give it to her.
GC: That seems reasonable, but speak up next time.
Ayano Option C: I tripped!
(if rep. of clumsy girl) GC: Yes, I’ve heard you have a reputation for being clumsy. Don’t carry around dangerous objects and be more careful.
(if in sports club) GC: Aren’t you in the Sports Club? I highly doubt you have that much trouble with balance.
End Results:
Ayano got an hour’s detention and couldn’t stalk Senpai home.
Ayano got suspended one day. Senpai and [Current Rival] got a little bit closer.
Ayano was expelled. Game Over. Heartbroken.
(or something along these lines but you get the basic idea)
Alright, let’s analyze some things in this post shall we, starting with the tittle.
‘Larger-Than-Average Build’
This build is not ‘larger than average’. This build contains bug fixes and some model changes, unlike most updates that contained new elimination methods or changes of big models, like the new school.
‘My plan was to upload a development-related video immediately after April 1st. However, I wasn’t able to pull it off on April 2nd; there were a bunch of things that felt more urgent than the video; …The same thing happened on April 3rd. April 4th was my monthly day off. And then, I spent April 5th catching up with all of the correspondence that piled up on the 4th…
Once I passed April 5th, there was no longer a sense of “urgency”; there was no longer a sense of “I gotta make a video!!!” or “I gotta upload a new build!!!” there was only a sense of “Wow, there sure is a lot of work that needs to be done. I’d better take care of it.” It no longer felt important to put out a new video or a new build by some imaginary, arbitrary, self-imposed “deadline”. The only thing that felt important was making significant progress on the game.’
Then why not just say so instead of whining about how people are bothering you about the update? It would have been much easier to say it on Twitter or Twitch or even reddit, since you seem to be around those places all the time.
‘Some people have gotten seriously angry at me for not releasing a new build at the beginning of this month. My question is – why? Do you think you are entitled to a build on the first day of every month? Do you think I owe you a build on the first day of every month? Do you think that my job is to give you a build on the first day of every month?’
I’ll tell you why people got mad – because this is your JOB. Like it or not, you set a deadline for yourself. To give updates on the 1st and 15th of the month, no matter how big or small they are. Yes, you do owe people a build every 1st day of the month, because that’s the schedule YOU decided on – not your parents, not your fanbase, or your boss. You decided on it, therefore you should follow through with it. And again, yes it is your job. People pay you over 5k a month on Patreon, that’s as much as any programmer in America (it amounts to about 5070,33 dollars a month) + the money you make on YT. Granted, YT changed too much things around, so I’m not sure if you’ll be able to monotize your videos ever again, but you still get the Patreon money.
Stop trying to manipulate people to feel bad for you. Guess what, other people have a hard time doing their jobs too, and no one cares. You are incredibly lucky to have such a supportive fanbase, but as soon as 1 person points out that you’re being lazy/manipulative or anything that shows you in a bad light, you resort to insults or calling them a toll, who doesn’t understand game development. You claim that you work from 1 pm till midnight. And what do you have to show for it? Bug fixes, instead of actual game play advancement (adding Osana, club leaders etc). This comes off more as either ‘I have no idea what I’m doing’ or ‘I’ll fix 1 thing and then take a half an hour break.’
And stop trying to claim that you are a one-man team. Most of your assets, like the hair models, have been created by other people, or taken from somewhere, like the inside of Yandere-chan’s house from the MMD model files. The voice acting is not even needed at this point, since the game is still in the alpha, so what’s the point of having it? Especially since, as you said, there’s a big chance that the voice actors will be replaced. Sure, you code in the assets, but you don’t create them, like you’re making it out to be. Volunteers spend a crazy amount of time making assets for you, only for you to make it sound like ‘I did all of this! Aren’t you impressed?!’
As for the streaming… Let’s see, the last update happened on the 28th of March. In total, from March 28th till today (the latest video was from 5 hours ago), you have streamed for over 101 hours. 101. That’s more than some people get to play games for in 2 months. Of course it’s alright to take time off. And you have for the most part been streaming for 4 hours just as promised. As for the 13 hour long stream, you should have said: Hey, today, I am taking the entire day off, because I really want to play this game’. That’s it. That’s all you had to do, instead of making such a long post about why the fanbase should feel bad for daring to question you.
And no one e-mailed you because of the exact videos you posted. Even if someone did send you an e-mail, I doubt you would have replied to it. Besides, people have been talking about the stream on reddit and on your stream, why not talk about it there? You had more than enough platforms and chances to explain yourself on, but you let it pile up, so that this blog post would be more ’emotional’ or something.
And finally – your wording.
Can a build/video be “late”?
Yes, YandereDev’s job is to upload builds/videos on the 1st and 15th.
No, YandereDev’s job is to develop the game and upload builds/videos when it is relevant to do so.
Both of these choices are worded in a way that means: I can release a new build whenever I want, right? You should be more honest, instead of constantly trying to manipulate the fanbase so that you can do whatever you please. It’s like the last poll with the chill and heated fan – that poll was worded in a way to make the fanbase feel like they owe you something, like they need to take anything and everything you do with 0 complaints, no matter how long it takes you. Just hand the project over to tinyBuild if you are not interested in it anymore.
I AM APPLAUDING!!!
Thank you very much, you’re not bad yourself~
While the attitude being conveyed through this post may not be as positive as it could be to a few of us, that’s as expected, considering how little leisure time Dev gets. I’ll admit, the build that was just put up, may not be as exciting as some of us are treating it as, but realistically, all these bug fixes are the priority.
Quality over quantity.
I understand a lot of us, including myself, are sitting at the end of our seats waiting for a new physical update, however, it’s not worth waiting for if it’s not at its best. Would you rather have a jumpy game, with lots of buggy features, or a game that functions smoothly and with minimal bugs?
I’m not sure – but certain, that if any of us fans were in Devs position, we’d all be at least a tiny bit tired of this, and use a bit of a tone, intentional or not. Please note, that Dev has had to pass on so many significant events in his life to keep this game going. For us.
I agree with YandereDev; for me, a new build is a happy surprise, and I don’t expect them on any given day. I support this if it is his decision. However, the first two polls here were based on leading questions. Most people are going to agree when you put it like that. It seems like he’s already reached a conclusion on the matter… so why poll the community at all? The last poll is the only one I saw a need for.
I think the 1st and 15th of the month should be considered a goalpost, a rough idea of when you can expect a new build, give or take a few days, and not a deadline. If there will be a significant delay, then write a small post for the community with a quick explanation. Reasonable people will respect that. Dissenters are a vocal minority, as previous polls have shown.
The fighting in the comments is kinda ridiculous. YandereDev is just frustrated, give the guy a break. It’s also sad that a game is causing so many people to become so intensely angry. It’s a game guys, not your life. I love this game, but this stuff takes time. Just chill out. It’s not that serious.
Finally,i was so worried about you Yandere Dev.I was panicing why you werent making videos,finally you came back,this made me less worried.As always,keep up the geed work Dev!Dont worry about those bad fans,your so good to us that you never even go enjoy your life,stay safe Yandere Dev,We love you!
Hey people work it’s not easy this is the reasson for yanderedev take tthe time if you don’t the the message of shigesu miyamoto, if a game doing fast and stressed it’s not a good game, if a game it’s doing slow and relax it’s a good game, so leave yanderedev to say anything idiot word and stupid, you don’t think to work it’s easy? No, work it’s no easy it’s the all the games of all the works don’t have bugs and take the time of all the programmers take the tike, relax and play videogames or thinking for one idea so, don’t say any stupid or doing the idiot and leave to yanderedev in peace, if you think to work it’s easy so you work and your felt how work yanderedev, .-. work it’s no easy, it’s stressed or anything else
again with the manipulative poll, I see
the “drama” was entirely because of a lack of communication on the dev’s part. you get 5k/month for a game that’s not even in alpha; how terrible it is that the fans want something in return lol
Ok, with all of this said…when will the next video be out? ^^
Mid-april, I guess? We’re a few days away from the video.
This is fine, everyone just needs to calm down. Honestly the only thing I can get even slightly annoyed at is the fact that you tell us you’re changing the tradition AFTEr you changed it. Some notice/alert would’ve been preferred, but it’s understandable. You’re human. We get it. Just keep us notified when things aren’t able to meet the standards – it doesn’t have to be a super long blog post like this. Just a simple “Sorry guys, can’t show you guys an update this week” will do fine. Literally one sentence will suffice. Just please, let us know what’s going on.
I haven’t finished reading this post yet, but all I have to say is: The so called “fans” of this game that were getting angry over a little video, or blogpost need to grow up. YandereDev is making the game. Not you. He doesn’t even HAVE to upload builds, as he said. If you are going to get pissed everytime something is late, I suggest you wait until Yandere Simulator comes out, then play it, so you don’t have to deal with it, and, more importantly, YandereDev doesn’t have to deal with YOU.
I can feel the fire in the heated fan’s coments; just chill out and let him do his work.
Heaps of people seem pissed off about your tone in this post, to them I say, “how the hell would you feel if you’ve spent 3 years working non-stop on a game and the instant you loosen up not even that much and by the fans’ request you get abused for it?” I think you have a bloody right to be pissed off. That being said, informing us of a build being late is important and perhaps reworking a more realistic schedule like others have suggested, still, you usually keep us well updated just because you slipped a little this month doesn’t mean you’ve suddenly stopped caring or aren’t delivering or some bogus crap like that. Btw after this post I plan to send you an email asking a few questions, I didn’t think you’d appreciate it before so I didn’t but it’s really starting to bug and disturb me that you haven’t even mentioned these things so I hope you don’t get mad when you read it. I hope you have a good day!
Wow, people were sending you hate mail? That’s insane.
YandereDev, I think I have found the person you are looking for
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=9483334
http://21tan.deviantart.com/
But he didn’t post the illustration on pixiv.